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I'm in the Game of Thrones issue of SFX Magazine for my Margaery costume! SO AWESOME!!! x3 I am beaming right now, thank you, Miles and SFX for including me in this! It is a great honor as this is one of my favorite shows!



SFX Magazine is a British Sci-fi and fantasy publishing and this issue even features interviews from the GoT cast! I can't wait to grab an issue and look forward to the good read!

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Kapalaka
Artist | Student | Artisan Crafts
United States
I love to sew and my hobby is to show appreciation for my favorite characters by dressing up as them as accurately as possible. In my spare time I can be found making costumes of my favorite media characters and indulging in all sorts of crafts. My cosplay alias "Kapalaka" came from two sources: Golduck (one of my favorite Pokémon and it is a kappa), and gibberish my high school best friend used to attach to my first name. We would come up with silly names added onto each other's first names. The more ridiculous, the better. He called me Cristini, Ku-ristana, etc, the most elaborate of which was Cristanalakakanatini. This was around the time I was looking to create a committable and unique screenname and "Kapalaka" was the natural choice. No regrets thus far, so it's a winner! ^_~

My love for video games and anime led me to the cosplay community in 2005. It was my senior year of high school and I thought the regular "vote for me" signs were lame when I ran for Homecoming Court. In response to this thought, I pursued a different type of campaign by making silly ads with my face over the bodies of my favorite Final Fantasy girls. I wondered if people actually make these outfits and wore them. When I saw people cosplaying online, I immediately started researching upcoming conventions and looking up cosplay photos of my favorite characters. CosplayLab was particularly helpful and I still look up to a lot of the cosplayers that were featured in the CosplayLab Spotlights and Look-Alikes. Also, just in case you are wondering, the campaign was very successful and I made it onto Court.

Outside of cosplay I am pursuing my master's degree in architecture. Before I was accepted to architecture grad school I majored in theatre, specifically, set and costume design. My experience in the art, theatre, AND architecture wood shops certainly helped in my prop craftsmanship. Most of my sewing was self-taught until 2009 where I took a course under Marilyn Bertch, the former head of the Costume Department at Busch Gardens. I truly feel that my craftsmanship took off after my time under her and for that I am forever grateful.
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:icongeeksgonewildfb:
Lovely pics! Permission to showcase you on [link] ?
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*Kapalaka Mar 30, 2013  Student Artisan Crafter
Yes of course! :D Thank you for the honor! Please tie the share to my cosplay page on Facebook for credit. [link]
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:iconhikari-kanda:
Thanks you for the watch!! :hug:
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*Kapalaka Mar 25, 2013  Student Artisan Crafter
You're welcome! Haha I read that Lelouch Lamperouge was your favorite character and I had to follow. I've cosplayed C.C. before! I made a green bunny suit based off of Kallen's pink one. [link]

Have you made a Lelouch cosplay yet? Code Geass is one of my favorite anime. :D
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:iconhikari-kanda:
aww!! your c.c is so beautifull!! *O* and yes, I have cosplay of Lelouch here [link] but I can moar cosplay of him! >_<!!!
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~Shi86 Mar 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hi! :meow:
Of course I will accept your joining request to our Sano-group!
If you know other Hakuouki/Sano fans, feel free to tell them about the group. We need more members and more activity in this group! =D

Greetings. =D
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*Kapalaka Mar 23, 2013  Student Artisan Crafter
Thank you for the accept! And definitely! I am going to tell my boyfriend as soon as he gets home. He made a Harada cosplay recently and I am sure he will be excited to see a group dedicated to one of his favorite characters. :D!
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:icongeeksgonewildfb:
Lovely pics! Permission to showcase you on [link] ?
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*Kapalaka Mar 23, 2013  Student Artisan Crafter
Ah! Thank you so much! It would be an honor. X3 Yaaay!
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:iconsegaman4:
You like sailormoon and tenchi cool! You have my tastes!
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